Film critic Jonathan Sim's review of My Spy The Eternal City, an action comedy movie starring Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman.
Kristen Schaal as Bobbi, Dave Bautista as JJ, and Chloe Coleman as Sophie in My Spy The Eternal City Photo: GRAHAM BARTHOLOMEW © AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLCas a precocious 9-year-old girl, worked perfectly fine within the action-hero-meets-kid formula. Schwarzenegger had Kindergarten Cop, Diesel had The Pacifier, The Rock had The Game Plan, Jackie Chan had The Spy Next Door, and Bautista now has My Spy. Most of these movies never got a sequel, and for good reason.
The opening act sends our characters on a school trip where J.J. will chaperone. It takes a while for the villain plot to tie into the main story, but once it does, we have our movie in motion. The premise feels like a less fun version of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Far from Home worked because it balanced the tone between fun and serious. My Spy The Eternal City does not work because the humor generally feels ill-timed.
The film casts actor/YouTuber Flula Borg as the villainous Crane, which is an interesting choice. He’s a serious villain, save for one scene where he rants about face ID. None of the villains in this movie are memorable. Their motivations are weak, and they all feel pretty generic. The film attempts to create a plot twist surrounding one of them, but it’s incredibly predictable.
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